The New York Times has plenty of word games on its roster today — with Wordle, Connections, Strands, and the Mini Crossword, there’s something for everyone — but the newspaper’s standard crossword puzzle still reigns supreme. The daily crossword is full of interesting trivia, helps improve mental flexibility and, of course, gives you some bragging rights if you manage to finish it every day.
While the NYT puzzle might feel like an impossible task some days, solving a crossword is a skill and it takes practice — don’t get discouraged if you can’t get every single word in a puzzle.
If you’re having trouble completing today’s NYT Crossword, we’re here to help. We’ve got all the answers for today’s clues down below.
NYT Crossword answers today
Across
1 Wood turner : LATHE
6 Frank who directed “It’s a Wonderful Life” : CAPRA
11 Yuletide beverage : NOG
14 Storyteller of antiquity : AESOP
15 How tuna may be packed : INOIL
16 Card game that involves shouting its name : UNO
17 *What a straw man in a cornfield is for? : CROWCONTROL
19 Palindromic woman’s name : NAN
20 “Already accomplished!” : DONEIT
21 Dodge : EVADE
23 Product in high demand : HOTITEM
26 Material for a pub quiz : TRIVIA
27 During a tiebreaker, informally : INOT
28 *Ref who makes a ruling against your favored team? : GARBAGEUMP
31 Queen Elizabeth II’s favored dog breed : CORGI
33 Move like the Blob : OOZE
34 Informal top : TEE
35 *Primate with perfect pitch? : ONKEYKONG
39 Puppet alien of TV : ALF
42 Greek cheese : FETA
43 Underground waterway : SEWER
47 *Kelley Blue Book? : CARCATALOG
51 “Tootsie” actress Garr : TERI
52 “Unfortunately that’s wrong” : ALASNO
53 Sleazy hotel : FLEABAG
55 “Shush!” : CANIT
56 “No more for me, thanks” : IMFULL
58 Something found in a pen or octopus : INK
59 “I love this!” … or, phonetically, remark about the answer to each of the starred clues : ITSADELIGHT
64 Year in Spain : ANO
65 Sign between Virgo and Scorpio : LIBRA
66 “Unfortunately …” : IFEAR
67 Declares, informally : SEZ
68 Teeny-tiny : EENSY
69 Run-down : SEEDY
Down
1 Fond du ___, Wis. : LAC
2 ___ Lingus : AER
3 General on a Chinese menu : TSO
4 “Was your performance a success?” : HOWDITGO
5 Disney park with Spaceship Earth : EPCOT
6 Movie house : CINEMA
7 Opposing : ANTI
8 Left of a ship … or what a ship may have left : PORT
9 Locale of an annual Carnaval : RIO
10 Pollen, cat hair, etc. : ALLERGENS
11 Largest and most northern Canadian territory : NUNAVUT
12 One way to stop : ONADIME
13 Flipped out : GONEAPE
18 Earth’s pull, in brief : ONEG
22 Struggle : VIE
23 Sound of a drinker in comics : HIC
24 Yoko who sang on “Give Peace a Chance” : ONO
25 Crag : TOR
26 Big name in tea : TAZO
29 Befitting a king or queen : ROYAL
30 ___ choy : BOK
32 Babyish : INFANTILE
36 Low-carb kind of diet : KETO
37 H, to Homer : ETA
38 “Oh. Come. On!” : GETALIFE
39 Some pod-bearing trees : ACACIAS
40 Fitness guru Jack : LALANNE
41 Puppeteer with “Sesame Street” and “The Muppet Show” : FRANKOZ
44 Fly catcher : WEB
45 Time in history : ERA
46 Big truck : RIG
48 CBS forensic drama : CSI
49 When nothing goes right : OFFDAY
50 Sticky stuff : GLUE
54 ___ Island, locale in New York Harbor : ELLIS
56 ID for a library volume : ISBN
57 Planet whose name is also a candy company : MARS
60 Bit of apparel that often has stripes : TIE
61 “Golly!” : GEE
62 Owned : HAD
63 Attempt : TRY
